Study Shows 34% Increase in Administrative Staff at Public Universities since 1993: Administrator to student ratio up 37%; Teacher to student ratio up only 6.5%

September 5, 2002, report, the first ever comparative review of teaching and administrative staff levels at public Universities in the State of Illinois, released by UPI, Local 4100. Aministrative staff levels and budget expenditures between FY 1993 and FY 2003 have grown far faster than they have for teaching staff. Of particular concern to students and parents, the ratio of students to administrators increased nearly 6 times faster than the student to teacher ratio.

Revenue, Budget Priorities and Higher Education Spending in the Fifty States:

A report prepared by the University Professionals of Illinois for the Illinois Board of Higher Education, offers an initial look at differences among the 50 states. The report is limited to compensation and other budget-related issues. One interesting point, in the National Center report card, Illinois was followed closely in the overall rankings by Connecticut (#2) and New Jersey (#3), two states that also rank #2 and #3 in salaries for public university faculty-a factor not included in the report card's analysis. Faculty salaries provide one measure of a state's commitment to high quality teaching. Illinois does not even approach the top 10 on that scorecard. Feb. 6, 2001.

Blueprint for Quality: Standards of good practice in the employment of part-time / adjunct faculty: A Union of Professionals, AFT Higher Education

Intellectual Property Issues for Higher
Education Unions: A Primer

BYDAVID STROM
In-house Counsel
American Federation of Teachers, December 2002

EIU's Report of the Task Force on Distance Learning and Intellectual Property

Released in 2001.

Tenure, Academic Freedom & Governance

A current wrapup from the AFT:

Shared Governance in Colleges and Universities
A Statement by the Higher Education Program and Policy Council